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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-07-21
NEGRO CIVILIZATION
How the Maj ority OF Central Africans Sup
port Themselves.

How the Majority OF Central Africans Sup
port Themselves.
The majority of the negroes live on
The products of agriculture and stock
raising. There are no tribes without
agriculture in Central Africa, except
the dwarfsh Watwa and Aka.
Though their implements are very
simple, they clear the dense woods
and fence in their fields. Hirse is the
most important grain they grow. 1t is
cultivated in all parts of Africa.
Sorghum, manioc and batatas are
grown in the lower countries. maize
pulse on the highlands. In Uganda
bananas are the principal food Stock.
raising is the principal occupation OF
many East African tribes. The herds
men are frequently warlike nations who
have subdued agricultural tribes. The
Gala, Wahuma. and Watuta have
founded empires~of this kind. On the
upper Nile the natives are engaged in
both stock-raising and agriculture.
Cattle, sheep goats. dogs and poultry
are raised by these people.
The most remarkable industry of
Africa is that of iron-working, which
is known in all parts. the bushmen
alone being unacquainted with it when
they became known to the Europeans
The Africans know how to obtain the
iron from the ores, and manufacture
beautiful implements Of ii. Besides
iron. they manufacture copper imple-
ments and make copper and iron wire.
The negroes do not know how to tan
skins, but soften them by scraping and
beating; neither do they practice tho
art OF joining wood; while carving.
plating and Weaving are highly de-
veloped.
The civilization Of the negroes is not
at all low one. Their mode OF. life
their industry, and their political insti-
buttons are ample proof Of this. Large
empires founded by men exceling in
intelligence and character, and extern
sive migrations Of energetic nations.
are characteristic of its history. The
observations OF all explorers show that
arts and industry are far more devel-
oped in the interior than near the coast
Here, rs everywhere else, the contact
with nations of a higher civilization. the
whites and Arabs. tends to destroy the
native culture. Here the ruthless
| Arabian slave-hunters devastate re-
gions which were fourishing before
their arrival, and the final destiny or
the Africans will depend to great ex-
tent on the end Of the final struggle
between the whites and Arabs SOU
ence.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-07-21
us REAL PLATFORM.
A Plausible Explanation OF John Sher-
mans Apparent Inconsistency.

Is it conceivable that within ten
days of each other the two subjoined
expressions of political sentiment pro-
ceeded from the accommodating
larnyx of Hon. John Sherman, of
Ohio? Yet such is the fact. The first
is from Mr.. Sherman's reply to the in
vitation to go to Gettysburg. The
second is from his letter congratu-
lating Foraker on his action in the
matter of the battle flags:
Now that all alikeI II have felt keenly
feel that an indestruct- the tendency OF public
ible Union binds US to- opinion, especially in
gether there should be commercial cities, to
a cordial and heartylyield every thing, honor
fellowship between the included. to the spirit
blue and the gray" of the rebellion. A halt
has been Called
The honest fellow feels and he feels.
Some days he feels one way; some days
the other way.
But on all days of the week, ant at
all hours of the day, John Sherman
feels that he is getting pretty we'll
along in years, and that 1888 is his last
chance.
Whatever apparent Inconsistency
there may be in some of his utterances,
the real platform on which honest John
Sherman is running for President is
short, simple and straightfor ward.
His platform is "Now or ncve-''-N
y Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-07-21
THE FRAUD OF 1870.

A Bit Of History Which the Voters OF
This Country Must Not Forget.
Some New York newspapers are on
the stool of confession with regard to
the great crime which gave Mr.. Hayes
the position to which Mr.. Tilden was
elected, and when certain men fall out
honesty stands some chance of vindi-
cation. 1t appears to be question
whether Bill" Chandler or Zach
Chandler was the chief guilty individ-
ual, but this is matter of not much
Importance. The bogus claim was
eagerly seized Immediately upon its
suggestion by the great Republican
party, and that party almost to it's last
man insisted upon the CON
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-07-21

least, / knew who you were; had seen
you and heard you talk, and great y
desired to leave in your vessel. You
never would have taken me had
frankly told you who was; or rather,
/ never could have been so selfish as to
put the burden of that knowledge on
you. Hence the need of my masquer-
aiding, as you call it,"
"Do you tell me that you have seen
me before, and heard me talk? Where,
pray?"
''Yesterday-at the Paseo."
Captain Willis rose excitedly from
his chair. The man before him removed
the grizzled hair from his head, took
the patch from his eye, produced a
handkerchief from his pocket which
| was stained with some brown liquid,
| and wetting it in the Watering. rap,
| Idly removeds every trace of the bronze
tint from his face. Then he straight
ened up his shoulders, folded his arms,
and looked quietly at the Captain.
| sGreat Heavens-the escaped pa
triot for whom all Havana is search.
ing!" y
| '.The same, at your SERVICE" said
Henry Crawford, with smile.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-07-21

"A romantic young man OF this
city. who wrote 10 his best girl. among
other things, that hers was the brow
where innocence reposes, received an
answer that the compliment was
rood one, but that it belonged to him.
Is surely his was the brow whcre-in-
ro-sense reposes. Cleve!ond Sum
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-07-21

showed his appreciation of the drollery
of the idea, ''if had been the Spaniard
that / claimed to be, / could not have
told you more lies than did yester-
day" ys. .s
..But what forp What object had
you in all this masquerading?
1.-The truth is, Captain Willis. !
wanted to leave Havana Immediately
in fact, there was the most pressing
necessity for it.. l knew you-or at
, 1887-01-12
Not Insane But Ecoentric.

CHICAGO, Jan. IL Miss Fanny V.
Baldwin, claiming to be a neice of
aire ('Lucky') Baldwin, of California,
has been locked up at Harrison street
station for the past several days, it being
presumed from her eccentric conduct and
talk that she is insane. Yesterday DR..
Moore, one of the city's physicians, after
a long and rigid examination, gave it as
his opinion that she is insane. She is
now held awaiting the report of the board
OF inquiry. DR.. Bemis, with whose fam
lily Miss Baldwin formerly resided, also
called upon the young lady and pronoun-
ces the opinion that Miss Baldwin Is not
insane, but simply eccentric. She is a
handsome young woman, about % or %
years OF age, tall and slender. She is very
voluble and it is while in her talking
moods that she betrays her eccentric mag
inings.
, 1887-01-12
demands. At the conclusion of the
speech Prince Bismarck was loudly
cheered. The house adjourned until to
Lively and Warm.

TRENTON, n. j., Jan. A. o'clock
was the hour fixed for the organization of
the legislature, but at that time the
chamber was still occupied by the Demo-
Gratis in caucus, while the Republicans
were locked up in the senate chamber at
the other side of the hall. AT $3.50 the
Republican caucus closed and the senate
was called to order shortly before 4
O'Clock. As soon as the roll was called it
was voted to defer organization of the
body and an adjournment was taken till
, o'clock o.morrow.
Meantime the Democratic assemblymen
were vainly striving to reach an amicable
arrangement. Finally about the time the
senate came together, the assembly doors
were flung open and in an instant the Re
publican members flocked upon the floor.
An angry debate occurred, and someone
sent to the police station for aid. a
sergeant and three officers responded and
Chairman Beckwith, of the Democratic
caucus ordered the Republicans to leave.
They seemed reluctant to do
SO, and he then directed the police
to put out ex Clerk Toombs and
ex-Sergeant at arms Colfax. A
Policemen laid hold of these ex-oficials
and forcibly pushed them out of the main
door. The galleries being cleared, the
Democratic caucus proceeded. Crowds still
blocked the corridors, and discussion ran
high. Suddedly the galleries were again
opened and the crowd broke in. At the
same moment the Republican assembly
men gained admittance from the speakers
room and with them were two labor men,
Carroll and Donohue, together with
Mcssrs. Wolverton, Baird and Arnwine.
This made Just thirty-one votes, or a
majority Of the house. Ex-Speaker
Armstrong announced hat this quorum
had lust organized the housc hv the ele.-
, 1887-01-12

DUBLIN, Jan. ll.-At Rossmanagher,
Limerick, to-day Landlord D'Esterre at
tempted to evict a tenant named Frost,
who owe more than f7,400 rent. The
police found the house barricaded. There
was a pile of stones outside the door,
where Father Little was chained in such
a way that the police would haye had So
modest him, if they should attempt 10
force an entrance into the house. A
large crowd gathered, and threatened the
police, who made a charge against the
crowd, using their batons freely, while
the priest, still chained at the door, Wig
orously denounced them. Ultimately the
landlord agreed to let the tenant have the
farm at eighteen years purchase.
, 1887-01-12
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

The house military committee has re-
ported iavorably on the senate bill pro-
viding for new military posts at Chicago
and Denver.
Riotods demonstrations by striking en-
ployes Of the Old Dominion Steamship
company, Richmond, Va, occurred yes
terday. Military aid has been asked for
and furnished.
Reagan's friends. numbering thirty,
met in caucus at Austin, Tex, yesterday.
They claim a plurality vote for Reagan on
the first ballot. Maxey,s friends are
equally confident.
Robert NJ. Taylor, of Reynoldsville, u
mining town about ten miles from Pitts
burg, shot his wife through the head,
and as she fell sent a bullet crashing
through his own head.
, 1887-01-12
A New Executive Department.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE house
has passed yeas DOB, nays %, the bill
creating a department of agriculture and
labor. 1t provides that there shall be at
the seat OF government an executive de-
partDent, to be known as the department
of agriculture and labor, under control'of
a secretary of agriculture and labor and
assistant secretary, There hal be IN the
department of agriculture and labor a
division which shall be under the charge
of a commission of labor, who shall hold
his Office four years and until his success
sor shall be appointed, unless sooner re-
moved, and shall receive a salary of
5000 a year. The commissioner shall
collect information upon the subject of
labor, its relation to capital, hours of labor,
rate Of wages, cost of the production of
articles produced. earnings of laboring
men and women, means of promoting
their material, social, intelligence and
moral prosperity, and the best means to
protect life and prevent accident in mines,
work shops, factories, and other places of
industry. The secretary is empowered
to inquire INTO the cause of discomfort
which may exist between employers and
employees within the United States, and
he may invite and hear sworn statements
from both such parties concerning the
matters i'm controversy
, 1887-01-12
Proposals for the Construction OF
Buildings mt Fort BrIdger, Wyo.
HEADQR's DEBT OF THE PLATTE,
OFFICE OF CHIEF OUARTERMASTER.

HEADQR's Def OF II PLATTE,
OFFICE OF CHEF QUARTERMAsTER,
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. |, 1887.
Sealed proposals. in triplicate, subject
to the usual conditions. will be received
at this Office, and by the post quarter
master, Fort Bridger, Wyo., until l
o'clock p. IN, central standard time, Feb.
l., 1887, at which time and places they
will be opened in presence of bidders, fer
furnishing all the materials and labor nee
essary tor constructing the following
buildings at Fort Bridger, Wyo., viz:
One set Of infantry barracks, one guard
house, one oil house. Bids are invited
for buildings constructed of stone or
frame with stone foundations. Proposals
may be made for either or all of the build
ings, price OF each TO be stated separately.
Bids for material and for labor may be
made separately. Preference will be
given to articles of domestic pro-
duction and manufacture, conditions
OF price and quality being equal. and
such preference given to articles of Amer
lean production and manufacture pro-
duced on the Pacific coast to the extent OF
the consumption required by the public
service there. The government reserves
the right to reject any or all bids or parts
thereof. Plans and specifications with
blank proposals and circular giving full in
formation to bidders may be obtained or
examined at this office and at the post
quartermaster's office, Fort Bridger, Wyo.
Envelopes containing proposals to be
marked Proposals for Construction at
Fort Bridger.' and addressed to the I'M
dersigned or to the post q~uartermaster,
Fort Bridger, Wyo.
q. b. DANDY,
Chief Quartermaster.
, 1887-01-12
%TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Cleveland's Efforts in Behalf
of American Labor.
ColOrado's Instructions to Its
Representatives.
Bismarck and Won Moltke
Address the Reichstag.
President Cleveland's Efforts in
Behalf of American Labor.

WASHINGTON, Jan. lit is under
stood that negotiations with the Chinese
government. to which a~llusion was made
in the presidents message, for such inodi-
fcation Of existing treaties as will entirely
prevent the introduction of Chinese coolie
labor into this country, have Just been
brought to a successful termination, and
that in a few days an amended treaty
covering this point will be submitted to
the senate for ratification. Both the
state department and Chinese embassy
are much gratiied at the satisfactory con-
clusion reached.
, 1887-01-12

CARLISLE, Ky, Jan. ia fire start
ed this morning in The dentist office of
DR.. s. II. II. Gcnslinger. When the
walls fell DIR. Genslinger and Newton
Craig were caught in the debris. They
were extricated but are badly injured.
Total loss $50, 900.
, 1887-01-12
Colorado's New Governor.

DENVER, Jan. ll.-Hon. Alva Adams,
the new Democratic governor, was inau-
guraied this afternoon in the presence of
both houses Of the general assembly and
1000 people. A reception and inaugural
ball took place tonight at the Tabor Grand
opera house.
, 1887-01-12
Colorado's Instructions to Its
Representatives.

DENVER, Jan. Ito day the Colo
RADIO legislature passed u concurrent reso-
luton instructing the United States SEN
ators from this state and requesting the
representatives to vote for and use all
honorable means to secure the passage of
the inter state commerce bill.
, 1887-01-12

An appreciative public have rewarded
Lees, Hendricks 4 Co, Chicago. manu-
racturers of Select Corned Beef Hash
with a large patronage. They sell an
honest article and charge an honest price.
See advertisement in another column.
, 1887-01-12
Death of an Old Timer.

EXETER, n. H., Jan. ll.-Dr. William
Perry, the oldest person in Exeter and
oldest graduate of Harvard college, died
this morning, aged 9s years. He was the
sole survivor of the passengers on Full
tons first steamboat ride down the Hud-
son river
, 1887-01-12

AS the season advances, the pains and
aches by which rheumatism makes itself
known, are experienced after every ex-
posure. It is not claimed that Hoods
S~arsaparilla is a specific for rheumatism
we doubt II there is, or can be, such a
remedy. But the thousands benefited
by Hoods Sarsaparilla, warrant us in
urging Others who suffer from rheumatism
to take it before the first keen twingc.
, 1887-01-12
An Alleged Bomb Thrower Dead.

An Alleged BOMB ThroWer Dead.
CINCINNATI, Jan. ia conjecture
has been made that Prof. B. Schaf, who
took morphine in Jail yesterday and died
was the bomb thrower at the Chicago
haymarket riot. This is based on the
fact that his friends in Jail are Anarchists
and that two of them say he wrote many
Of the most incendiary articles in the
Chicago Anarchists organ before the riot.
1t is thought he feared a trial in the
police court here would reveal his con
nection with the riot and result in his ar
rest for that crime.
, 1887-01-12
FLASHES.


The French government has decided to
increase this years extraordinary military
credit from 50, 900 to sc, 5000, 900
francs.
The imperial government Of Germany
has sent to the government of every state
in the empire a circular asking approval
of the proposed army increase.
The London Daily Ne,rs, in referring
to Bismarck's speech in the reichstag,
says it will have Il bad effect upon the
peace of Europe, and hat it tends ITO
confirm the fears that Germany meditates
an attack upon France.
ICE! ICEi
Those who want pure Lake Mahpah-
lutah ice. should send their order to Sloan
4 Co., or call at Mauss' bakery. Seven
tenth street.
NelU lot Of Visiting and
Business Cards at the
Leader OMcP.
, 1887-01-12

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1.-THE city
was rocked from east to west at I o'clock
this morning by an earthquake, which
lasted seven seconds. No damage.
, 1887-01-12

CHICAGO, Jan. II. -Cattle-Receipts
5000; market quiet but steady, shipping
steers, 50. GOA 800; stockers and feeders,
50. 5o@ 800; Texas cattle. 81. 40(G3.40.
, 1887-01-12

Letter heads, bill heads and note heads
At the Leader office.
, 1887-01-12

Thousands know that St. Jacobs oil
cures the worst case of%neuralgia in a night
, 1887-01-12

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cured every year by Acker's celebrated
English Remedy. 1t is a guaranteed prep
aration II 1t does not help you 1t will cost
you nothing. Try 1t. A single dose will
show its good effect. Trial bottles 10 cts.
Pearse 4 McGill. Druggists.
, 1887-01-12

DO not pay ten cents per copy for story
papers containing a lew chapters of some
story, when you can obtain with the
WEEKLY LEADER this full list of books,
embracing Standard, High Glass Litera-
ture, by the Best Authors, at Il nominal
cost.
" EEkLI' E.IDEK one
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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-02-28

Miss Jessie Brady left to-day for visit
TO friends in Washington.
Mrs. Wamsley. Of Baltimore, who has
been visiting relatives here. returned 10.
day.
Mr.. \. e. Greene arrived from Balti-
more this morning.
Miss Jessie Brotzman, q pupil Of the
Blind Asylum of Baltimore, who has been
visiting her parents for several days, re-
turned to school to day.
Nj. Henry M. Murray, Of West River,
was in Annapolis to-day.
Adjutant General Howard arrived to-
day on the noon train.
Miss Emma Duval, Of this city return
ed this morning to her studies at the
State Normal School.
Governor and Mrs. Lloyd left for Cam
bridge this afternoon.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-02-28
Sudden Change in Temperature.

From early yesterday morning there
has been one Of the most sudden changes
in temperature ever experience In this
section of the country. According to q
registered government thermometer at the
u. s. Naval Academy, in this city, 1t COM
menced to get colder about 1890 Satur-
day night, with high wind from the
northwest, and continued to get colder
until the thermometer dropped to 100,
which latter point it reached last night.
and went still lower, and ut o'clock this
morning had reached zero. The total fall
in twenty -four hours was 40 degrees-the
greatest change that has ever occurred
here in the same length of time. Hot fires
and heavy wraps were the only comfort
able things to be founnd.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-02-28
What True Merit wan Do.

The unprecedented sale Of B0schss's
German Syrup within few years, has
astoHished the world. 1t is without doubt
the safes tand best remedy ever discover
ed for the speedy and effectuaI cure of
Coughs, Colds and the severest Lung
troubles. It acts on an entirely different
principle from the usual prescriptions
given by Physicians, as it does not dry
up Cough and leave the disease still in
the system, but on the contrary removes
the cause OF the trouble, heals the parts
affected and leaves them in a purely
healthy condition A bottle kept in the
house for use when the diseases make
their appearance, will save doctors bills
and long spell of serious illness. A
trial will convince you of these facts. 1t
is positively sold by all druggists and
general dealers in the land. Price, rs
cents, large bottles.